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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A report from The Australia Institute rejects government claims new dams are not being built, saying at least 20 to 30 large private dams have been constructed in the Murray-Darling basin in recent years. While information on the number of ... <a title="Dams are being built, but they are private: Australia Institute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/dams-are-being-built-but-they-are-private-australia-institute-124807/" aria-label="Read more about Dams are being built, but they are private: Australia Institute">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Zadro, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney When people visit a GP clinic or hospital in Australia or the United States, they receive the recommended care around 55-57% of the time. Recommended care means they get the tests or treatments that evidence-based guidelines say a patient ... <a title="Only 2 in 3 physios provide ‘recommended care’, but that’s still higher than medicine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/only-2-in-3-physios-provide-recommended-care-but-thats-still-higher-than-medicine-122931/" aria-label="Read more about Only 2 in 3 physios provide ‘recommended care’, but that’s still higher than medicine">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy Dundas, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute More than two years on from the sudden closure of Victoria’s Hazelwood coal power station, quite a mess remains. It is clear the federal government’s market interventions have not worked. Electricity prices are higher and supply is tight. Consumers are not ... <a title="Governments took the hard road on clean energy – and consumers are feeling the bumps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/governments-took-the-hard-road-on-clean-energy-and-consumers-are-feeling-the-bumps-124575/" aria-label="Read more about Governments took the hard road on clean energy – and consumers are feeling the bumps">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Ford, Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Newcastle It’s 1963. Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a college-bound teenager staying at Kellerman’s Mountain Lodge with her family. Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) is a dance instructor at the resort – and Baby’s love interest. ... <a title="The Real Dirty Dancing reduces a political film to little more than coy dance numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/the-real-dirty-dancing-reduces-a-political-film-to-little-more-than-coy-dance-numbers-124483/" aria-label="Read more about The Real Dirty Dancing reduces a political film to little more than coy dance numbers">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lecturer of Computing & Security, Edith Cowan University Unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly called drones, are now a fundamental part of defence force capability, from intelligence gathering to unmanned engagement in military operations. But what happens if our own technology is turned against us? Between ... <a title="Aerial threat: why drone hacking could be bad news for the military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/aerial-threat-why-drone-hacking-could-be-bad-news-for-the-military-124588/" aria-label="Read more about Aerial threat: why drone hacking could be bad news for the military">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Barrie, Honorary Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University This is part of a new series looking at the national security challenges facing Australia, how our leaders are responding to them through legislation and how these measures are impacting society. Read the rest of ... <a title="Climate change poses a ‘direct threat’ to Australia’s national security. It must be a political priority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/climate-change-poses-a-direct-threat-to-australias-national-security-it-must-be-a-political-priority-123264/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change poses a ‘direct threat’ to Australia’s national security. It must be a political priority">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diarmuid Cooney-O’Donoghue, PhD student, Monash University Chinese students with nationalist sentiments can be seen as agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Such concerns were particularly evident during reports of clashes at Australian and New Zealand universities between pro-CCP and pro-Hong Kong students. In similar recent clashes ... <a title="Students from China may defend their country but that doesn’t make them Communist Party agents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/students-from-china-may-defend-their-country-but-that-doesnt-make-them-communist-party-agents-124497/" aria-label="Read more about Students from China may defend their country but that doesn’t make them Communist Party agents">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cull, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Planning, Western Sydney University Few Australian charities have been as high-profile as the White Ribbon organisation. In its stated mission to prevent men’s violence against women, it garnered the support of politicians, sporting champions, celebrities and the general public. ... <a title="All the signs were there: lessons from the collapse of White Ribbon Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/08/all-the-signs-were-there-lessons-from-the-collapse-of-white-ribbon-australia-124771/" aria-label="Read more about All the signs were there: lessons from the collapse of White Ribbon Australia">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards. Tuia 250 – James Cook commemorations Philip Matthews (Stuff): Tuia 250: Captain Cook, hero or villain? Tina Ngata (Guardian): Cook’s arrival was a disaster for Māori. Britain’s half-hearted apology ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 07 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-07-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 07 2019">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silke Meyer, Associate Professor in Crimninology; Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Monash University Last month, eight women died as the result of male violence in Australia. Five were within one week. In six of the cases, the alleged perpetrator was a current or former partner. ... <a title="When mothers are killed by their partners, children often become ‘forgotten’ victims. It’s time they were given a voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/when-mothers-are-killed-by-their-partners-children-often-become-forgotten-victims-its-time-they-were-given-a-voice-124580/" aria-label="Read more about When mothers are killed by their partners, children often become ‘forgotten’ victims. It’s time they were given a voice">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Rawson, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University This week, the aged care royal commission looks at diversity in aged care, an issue becoming increasingly relevant to both residents and the staff who care for them. Diversity includes gender, sexual orientation, religion and social background. The issue is ... <a title="Nursing homes for all: why aged care needs to reflect multicultural Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/nursing-homes-for-all-why-aged-care-needs-to-reflect-multicultural-australia-123373/" aria-label="Read more about Nursing homes for all: why aged care needs to reflect multicultural Australia">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A Filipino human rights lawyer has come away uninjured after unidentified motorcyclists fired gunshots into her car on the central Philippines island of Panay, reports The Sun Star. According to the report, Criselda Heredia was with her daughter and a client when the attack happened last month. “I was just ambushed. ... <a title="Filipino human rights lawyer uninjured after gunmen ambush car" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/filipino-human-rights-lawyer-uninjured-after-gunmen-ambush-car/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino human rights lawyer uninjured after gunmen ambush car">Read more</a>
